Game #1419
Aston Villa
9-4-12, 22 PTS

Saturday, 21 January 1928
19th
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
GK Ben Olney | 🏴 |
CB Vic Milne | 🏴 |
FB Tommy Smart | 🏴 | ⚽ |
FB Teddy Bowen | 🏴 |
M Frank Moss | 🏴 |
M Billy Kingdon | 🏴 |
W Arthur Dorrell | 🏴 | ⚽ | 🔥 |
W Dicky York | 🏴 |
F Joe Beresford | 🏴 |
F Billy Cook | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Billy Walker | 🏴 | 🔥 |
Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934

Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆
Last Trophy: 1919–20
Matchday Squad:
Injury | 1 |
LB Tommy Mort | 🏴 |
Teddy Bowen and Dicky York replace Tommy Mort and Reg Chester.
Not recorded
Goalless at the break, Arthur Dorrell scores one and creates one as Villa score three second half goals to beat Arsenal at Highbury.
Billy Cook scores his eighteenth goal of the season but his first since Christmas Eve.
Villa record a first League win of 1928 and only their second in nine games to make it nine wins, four draws and twelve defeats in their twenty five division one games.

Won
3-0
🟩 21 Jan 1928, Villa 3-0 Arsenal, Highbury
Scorer(s) | Arthur Dorrell | 60' | Tommy Smart | 70' | Billy Cook | 87' |
Assist(s) | Billy Walker | 60' | Arthur Dorrell | 87' |
Match Timeline:
🕒 | HT Arsenal 0-0 Aston Villa
⚽ | 60’ Goal, 1-0, Arthur Dorrell, Assist by Billy Walker
⚽ | 70’ Goal, 2-0, Tommy Smart, pen
⚽ | 87’ Goal, 3-0, Billy Cook, Assist by Arthur Dorrell
🕒 | FT Arsenal 0-3 Aston Villa
Season | 1927-28 |
Matchday | #26 |
League Match | #25 |
Manager Game | #69 |
Saturday, 21 January 1928

Manager: Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934 led Management Committee
Referee: George Davies | 🏴 | Bury, 1927-1939
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 3-0
Last 5: 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 🟩
Referee: George Davies | 🏴 | Bury, 1927-1939
Not recorded
Debut Appearances:
None
Final Appearances:
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Billy Smith | 🏴 | 1926-1934
🕒 69 | 🟩 | 28 🟨 11 🟥 30 | 1.38
Villa Career Form:
Mid Table
Referee:
VAR (from 2021)
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Division One
Arsenal
10-6-8, 26 PTS

Highbury
Attendance: 32,505
Lewis
Parker
Cope
Baker
Butler
John
Hulme
Blyth
Brain
Barley
Hoar
Herbert Chapman | 🏴 |

Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes:
No Substitutions permitted in period
None
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad:
Not Recorded
